NOt sure how I wanted to title this to get the best answers. I have been increasing macros weekly until I start seeing the scale go up. As I have been increasing in weight about 1lb per week I have noticed my belly always looks full. I can still flex and see my sick pack, but damn near looks like a pregnant belly at 3months lol. Not really, but really!  Also I have a cancun trip planned for september 5-12 and i don't want to interfere with my gains, but I want to make sure my abs look tip top shape as much as they can around this time as I will be shirtless. Any tips on what the bloating may be from? Also any tips on how to keep gains and maintain a less bloated midsection during this week? 

NOt sure how I wanted to title this to get the best answers. I have been increasing macros weekly until I start seeing the scale go up. As I have been increasing in weight about 1lb per week I have noticed my belly always looks full. I can still flex and see my sick pack, but damn near looks like a pregnant belly at 3months lol. Not really, but really!  Also I have a cancun trip planned for september 5-12 and i don't want to interfere with my gains, but I want to make sure my abs look tip top shape as much as they can around this time as I will be shirtless. Any tips on what the bloating may be from? Also any tips on how to keep gains and maintain a less bloated midsection during this week? 

Well geeez Kevin stop taking the Growth Hormone injections :-P J/K

 

As Justin (NutritionMax) mentioned, increased carbs as well as fiber will take a while for your gut biodome (bacteria) to adjust. They help break down many of the nutrients in our foods and carbohydrates increase the amount of starch being processed which produces more gas and bloating on top of more water in the intestinal tract. It should settle down in a couple of weeks. If not, you may have slight allergies to the types of carbs you are eating so you may need to change them up.

 

John

Got to get big quick somehow @jmboiardi & abass lol joking! I have been eating a good amount of carbs since I was sick over a month ago, so I would think my body would have adjusted by now. Is there a way to get a test that is accurate to determine allergies? I know there are labs that have you spit in a cup, but I am just not sure if its really legit. I cut out the bread completely and get this bloated, most of the carbs I consume are quinoa, brown rice, sweet potato. Only after a working do i usually consume a little bit of white rice, banana, or couscous. After my workouts I am usually okay, but most of the day I appear bloated, not just after a meal. I can wake up in the morning and still see it.

 

I was thinking of starting scotts vacuum exercise hoping it would keep my stomach tight and bring it in a bit. To give you an example of what I had today so far is :

Breakfast: 6 whole eggs, 1/2 cup of brown rice and a banana

Snack: two 5 oz chicken breast

Lunch: Shrimp, quinoa, tomato and hot sauce

 

I have a friend (who is a trainer) that chooses to go lower carbs (100g) a day and consume mostly fats and protein. What is your intake on this? Hes getting roughly in percentages 5% carbs, fat 75% and protein 20%. and hes in the range of 4500 calories a day.

Got to get big quick somehow @jmboiardi & abass lol joking! I have been eating a good amount of carbs since I was sick over a month ago, so I would think my body would have adjusted by now. Is there a way to get a test that is accurate to determine allergies? I know there are labs that have you spit in a cup, but I am just not sure if its really legit. I cut out the bread completely and get this bloated, most of the carbs I consume are quinoa, brown rice, sweet potato. Only after a working do i usually consume a little bit of white rice, banana, or couscous. After my workouts I am usually okay, but most of the day I appear bloated, not just after a meal. I can wake up in the morning and still see it.

 

I was thinking of starting scotts vacuum exercise hoping it would keep my stomach tight and bring it in a bit. To give you an example of what I had today so far is :

Breakfast: 6 whole eggs, 1/2 cup of brown rice and a banana

Snack: two 5 oz chicken breast

Lunch: Shrimp, quinoa, tomato and hot sauce

 

I have a friend (who is a trainer) that chooses to go lower carbs (100g) a day and consume mostly fats and protein. What is your intake on this? Hes getting roughly in percentages 5% carbs, fat 75% and protein 20%. and hes in the range of 4500 calories a day.

Like Nutritionmax already said, allergies you'd be noticing directly (skin reactions etc, feeling ill, energy depleted).

 

Food intolerances are more likely but also harder to detect. F.i. lactose intolerance has to be tested by seeing how much of a lactose you actually still breathe out half an hour of eating a lactose product (i.e. milk). Other's can't be tested at all.

In most cases of food intolerance a (serious) nutritionist will give you a chart and let you write down what you ate and how you felt and keep track of this over month and month. Then would start to remove cvertain things you ate when feeling bad, and try to nail it down to the problem source.

 

But to be fair, it's an intolerance in the least of all cases.

 

It's more likely that you eat something that just generally has a tendency to bloat: Broccoli, Bread, rolled oats, beans, lentils, even too much dairy products can bloat you a lot.

 

If you eat weightgainers or anything like that, those can be the reason as well.

 

Just "carbs" in general don't bloat you much. As even fruits are carbs and don't really bloat your belly (aside from too many apples :P)

 

but yeah it might be one or the other. So you'll have to pay a bit attention to it. To find which of the things you eat has this result on you.

Like Nutritionmax already said, allergies you'd be noticing directly (skin reactions etc, feeling ill, energy depleted).

 

Food intolerances are more likely but also harder to detect. F.i. lactose intolerance has to be tested by seeing how much of a lactose you actually still breathe out half an hour of eating a lactose product (i.e. milk). Other's can't be tested at all.

In most cases of food intolerance a (serious) nutritionist will give you a chart and let you write down what you ate and how you felt and keep track of this over month and month. Then would start to remove cvertain things you ate when feeling bad, and try to nail it down to the problem source.

 

But to be fair, it's an intolerance in the least of all cases.

 

It's more likely that you eat something that just generally has a tendency to bloat: Broccoli, Bread, rolled oats, beans, lentils, even too much dairy products can bloat you a lot.

 

If you eat weightgainers or anything like that, those can be the reason as well.

 

Just "carbs" in general don't bloat you much. As even fruits are carbs and don't really bloat your belly (aside from too many apples :P)

 

but yeah it might be one or the other. So you'll have to pay a bit attention to it. To find which of the things you eat has this result on you.

"It's more likely that you eat something that just generally has a tendency to bloat: Broccoli, Bread, rolled oats, beans, lentils, even too much dairy products can bloat you a lot" ... and apples...

This is interesting, I eat all of these apart from bread and lentils...didn't know they could be potential foods that cause bloating, you sure do know you're stuff @Crood!

Waiting for asparagus season though instead of/as well as broccoli! :D

Jordan

Nah.....none of this. We already told Kevin to get off the growth hormone :-P

 

John

Thank you for all the responses! @jmboiardi is such a comedian haha.